3-Hour Private Beijing Hutong Breakfast Tour
Description
A stroll through Beijing’s Hutongs are recommended to every visitor to the capital, but locals know that “there are as many hutongs as there are hairs on an ox” around the city. The best way to get to know the most scenic twisting backstreets that locals call home is by eating your way through them, especially at the pop-up breakfast stalls that disappear after the morning rush hour. On this tour, you’ll meet your bilingual guide and small group at a convenient location, then head out to try traditional morning dishes side-by-side with the locals who love them.
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Our walking culinary tours are designed to get visitors off the beaten path and into authentic local shops where they can eat shoulder to shoulder with locals. Since 2010, UnTour Food Tours has taken thousands of guests to our favorite mom-and-pop-owned shops. On this tour, we'll wake up early and explore the culinary scene with our trusted vendors, your bilingual guide and a small group of new foodie friends. Over the course of three hours, you’ll eat your way through China’s 5,000 years of culinary history, try new foods and gain an appreciation for the artisans making these handmade treats.
Meet your guide just around the corner from the Lama Temple, and wander the hutongs behind the famous sanctuary while you snack on the city's most delicious breakfast treats.
Heard about Beijing’s hutong alleyways, but not sure what to do or where to go? Join us for breakfast as we sample the most authentic and delicious snacks that are hiding in plain sight, once you get off the crowded roads and into the backstreets.
After we cross from Lama Temple, we'll see large Chinese gate not unlike those you find in Chinatowns around the world. We will follow the leafy hutong and pass both the Temple of Confucius and the Imperial Academy. This street was particularly important in China’s history not only because it was one of the main centers of Confucian thought (at a time when Confucian philosophy was China’s dominant ideology), but also because of the Imperial Academy next door. Any person who aspired to attain a government position anywhere in China was required to pass the Imperial Examination, which was held in the Imperial Academy.
We'll end just a stone's throw from the famous Bell & Drum Towers. These were originally used to mark the hours of the day and are great places to get your bearings in Beijing as they are on the central axis of the city. When you’re at the top of the Drum Tower, you will be able to look south and see the temple at the top of Jingshan Park.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking - advanced notice is required to be able to cater to any dietary restrictions
Reviews(3)
This is my second time doing this breakfast tour - I don't know how Garth does it, but it was even better than before. There's honestly nothing this man doesn't know about Chinese food and Beijing. Even an off-the-cuff comment about coffee drinking habits in China was met by such an interesting, educated and entertaining answer. I've done the dinner tour too, and it's also spectacular. If you're wavering about which to do, my suggestion is "both". Maybe not on the same day though because gosh, that was a lot of food.
Thank you so much for joining us for a third tour in Beijing! We’re really thrilled to hear you think the Hutong Breakfast Tour is even better than on your last visit. We agree visitors should consider taking the breakfast tour and the Old Beijing Dinner Tour during their stay and we’re happy you enjoy them both so much.
The breakfast food tour was everything I had hoped for, with an enormous variety of local food, far away from the touristy areas. Meeting up was easy and the tour well thought out and informative, food and history combo which I loved . The tour guides knew a lot of the locals in the area we were and it was all genuine friendly and local. There was an enormous amount of food so pace yourself ! Cannot recommend enough, 100%
Dear Conor - We’re so glad to hear the Hutong Breakfast Tour was everything you’d hoped for. There is indeed an enormous variety of delicious Beijing breakfast foods, so thank you very much for recommending other guests pace themselves on the tour. It’s great you enjoyed exploring our neighborhood so much. Thanks for your recommendation!
I had a great time on this tour with Garth and it was definitely worth my time and money. I can eat a lot and I was so full by the end and it was all food/shops I wouldn’t have tried on my own. Garth also provided historical info on China/Beijing along the way. Highly recommend!
Dear Jay - We’re glad you had a great time on the Hutong Breakfast Tour. There really is a lot to eat, so pacing is very important. Even those with big appetites need to take it easy in the beginning in order to eat all the way to the end. The good news is we provide a map of everywhere we visit on the tour and also a list of everything we order in English and Chinese, so guests can return to try their favorite breakfast dishes again during their stay in Beijing. Thanks for your recommendation!
